RCMP Veterans’ Association – Vancouver Division

      Veteran Ric Hall forwarded to us the following photograph which he discovered in the Alberta Archives.  Noted photograph was taken in the RCMP Chapel at “Depot” Division in 1960.       There is no indication of the names of the member or chaplain. The following is a magnified image of these […]

      In a member’s spare time or as a retirement hobby, RCMP Veterans develop a passion for a particular interest.  Some decide upon photography or travel or model trains. Veteran Phil Juby developed an interest in Rose Garden Shows.  The following article was forwarded to us by Phil and for the benefit of […]

        For this week, Ric Hall is providing a bit of “Depot” Drill Instructor history and the creation of the “Short-Box.”         This short story goes back in time, it started in 1975 and took on a life again in 2000. In view of this being the 40th Anniversary […]

        Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.     Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]

        Over the past week, we have searched for the most recent articles on the topic of retirement travel.         Based on our search, we selected the following articles for your reading pleasure. GENERAL 10 Of The Best Places To Live Abroad – Most of us have a deep, sneaking […]

      Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.         Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans […]

        On October 7, 2014, Ric Hall posted the photograph of an unknown RCMP member photographed with Rene Castellani in November 1966.         This member has now been identified as John K. Paterson Reg. #24696. According to John , “I was a brand new Constable ( just a few weeks out […]

        Over the past week, we have searched for the most recent articles on retirement travel.         Based on this search, we have selected the following articles for your reading pleasure. GENERAL 3 Tips for Traveling Where You Don’t Know the Language – The Office of Travel and Tourism […]

        Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.     Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]

      Throughout his career in the Force (1960 – 1995), Veteran Barry Bradley developed a newspaper scrapebook containing notable news stories about the RCMP in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.       Each week, we will post three or four of these old newspaper clippings for the interest of Veterans and […]